New frontiers: the new cooling technique could lead to ultracold experiments across the periodic table. (Courtesy: iStock/Eyematrix) Researchers in Singapore have used a magneto-optical trap (MOT) to ...

Last week, we explored the evolution of the periodic table, with all its elements in order. Now that we’re well-organized, let’s dive into the reasoning. * The table is generally sorted by the number ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Tennessee, whose scientists played a key role in the discovery of a series of new super-heavy elements, is being rewarded with its name as part of one of the elements, Tennessine.

A study of newly made chemical compounds is giving scientists a fresh understanding of an elusive element. A study of newly made chemical compounds is giving scientists a fresh understanding of an ...

Theo Gray collects elements and has put together this awesome Periodic Table Table. This week Reactions explores the science and chemistry going on inside this periodic table. Step into his office, ...

At the middle of the 19th century, 63 chemical elements were known to science. Before Mendeleev’s discovery, attempts at arranging them in some logical way were made by Johann Doebereiner (1829), ...